John J. Tyler Arboretum (Media, Pa.)
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Painter Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-110
Abstract
The Painter family was an early Pennsylvania Quaker family that married into the Minshall family of Delaware County. In 1681, William Penn granted Thomas Minshall a land tract which now includes the Tyler Arboretum. The property was home to eight generations of the same family. The collection includes family correspondence, business and legal papers, property records, papers on interests and concerns of the Painter brothers, genealogical papers, and miscellaneous deeds and other papers...
Dates:
1687-1948
Tyler Arboretum papers relating to Quakers
Collection — Othertype SC-137
Identifier: SFHL-SC-137
Abstract
This collection includes photocopies of papers in the Tyler Arboretum Library that relate to Quakers. Included is a list of public Friends, verses of Job Scott, and minutes from Chester Monthly Meeting of Friends.
Dates:
1656-1828
Tyler Arboretum photographs
Collection — Othertype PA-218
Identifier: SFHL-PA-218
Abstract
This collection contains assorted photographs of John J. Tyler Arboretum (also known as Painter Arboretum), printed about 1995, and depicting the site from 1801 to 1996. Most of the photographs were collected as part of a nomination to the National Register of Historic Places.
Dates:
circa 1995
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- Quakers -- Pennsylvania 2
- Agriculture -- Pennsylvania -- Delaware County 1
- Delaware County (Pa.) 1
- Historic gardens 1
- Historic sites -- Pennsylvania -- Delaware County 1
- Horticulture -- Pennsylvania -- Delaware County 1
- Land titles -- Pennsylvania -- Delaware County 1
- Lay ministry -- Society of Friends 1
- Media (Pa.) 1
- Pennsylvania -- Climate 1
- Quaker horticulturalists 1
- Quakers -- Diaries 1
- Quakers -- Genealogy 1
- Quakers -- Social life and customs 1
- Real property -- Pennsylvania -- Delaware County 1
- account books 1
- albums (books) 1 + ∧ less
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